“We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.” TechnologyFeetBalanceLawyerSheetsBalance Sheets Author:Thomas Friedman
“I don't own a computer. I have a nine-foot piano in my home to compose my messages. Why would I want a one-foot computer to do the same thing?” WantHomeTechnologyFeetComputerMessagesNinePiano Author:Tori Amos
“there is a danger, when thinking of the earliest civilized people, of putting too much emphasis on technology. One tends to assume that if you don't have, at least, a lavatory and perhaps something that will take you a lot faster than your own feet, or a certain number of gadgets in the house, then you must be in some way, a bit backward and defective ... the important thing to remember is that technology is not necessarily the same thing as civilization.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayImportantRememberCertainHouseBitsNumbersTechnologyToo MuchFeetDangerCivilizationImportant ThingsAssumingFasterCivilizedEmphasisGadgetsDefective Author:Jacquetta Hawkes
“Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself - and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure.” GivingEnoughFunnyScienceTechnologyFeetCoupleRopeUnix Author:Eric Allman
“Another thing I've observed is how critical the role of the CEO is when a technology truly is disruptive. In looking back on companies that have successfully launched independent disruptive business units, the CEO always had a foot in both camps. Never have they succeeded when they spin something off in order to get it off the CEO's agenda. The CEOs that did this had extraordinary personal self-confidence, and almost always they were the founders of the companies.” SelfOrderCompanyRolesTechnologyFeetIndependentExtraordinaryCriticalSelf ConfidenceAgendasCampsFoundersLooking BackUnitsCeoDisruptive Author:Clayton Christensen
“What is design? It's where you stand with a foot in two worlds - the world of technology and the world of people and human purposes - and you try to bring the two together.” PeopleWorldTryingHumansTwoTogetherPurposeTechnologyFeetDesignDesignerTwo WorldsGood DesignWhere You Stand Author:Mitchell Kapor